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San Francisco, CA: Paul Elder and Company, 1903. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Man and Horseradish are most Biting when Grated" - Richter Octavo, 8" x 4 3/4." pp. Quarter red cloth over illustrated paper boards. Fading to spine and boards. Minor wear to extremities and corners bumped. Faint black stain to back board. Binding sound. Red and black illustrations throughout. Interior pages tanned and unmarked. Collection of humorous, but misogynistic quotes regarding the perils of women and marriage. Arranged by quote of the day. "What courage can withstand the ever-enduring and all-besetting terrors of a woman's tongue?" - Irving. "Woman's at best a contradiction still" - Pope.